List of Deans of Columbia Law School

Deans of Columbia Law School

Dean	Tenure	Notes
Theodore William Dwight[1]	1858-1891	as "Warden", left to found New York Law School
William A. Keener	1891-1901
George Washington Kirchwey [2]	1901-1910
Harlan Fiske Stone	1910-1923	earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1898
Huger Jervey	1923-1927	earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1913 [3]
Young Berryman Smith [4]	1927–1952	earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1912 [5]
William Clements Warren	1952-1970
Michael I. Sovern [6]	1970-1979	earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. Left to become provost of Columbia University
Albert J. Rosenthal [7]	1979-1984
Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.	1984-1986	left to become president of Yale University
Barbara Aronstein Black [8]	1986-1991	earned LL.B. from Columbia in 1955. First female dean of an Ivy League law school
Lance Liebman	1991-1996
David W. Leebron	1996-2004	left to become president of Rice University
David M. Schizer	2004–2014
Gillian Lester	2015 -

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